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January 18, 1951 PMP gery tart, oy ue iy ee r ? “. MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR: x f Maw ee piv Mr. Ladd and I have checked on RR £12. (s ee ie + Ava wa Ree With reference to the Mrs. Roosevelt incident, we of Hleourse never investigated this. It was investigated by CIC prior to 1943. We do have a photostas of the G-2 file. w tha Bareau fihes, J There were no recordings, between Mrs. cose ve 1: Obviously, they os one because there were recorcings of conversations Mrs. Trudie #. Pratt which also =: reflected what transpired in the hotel room. This informatton was given to George Burton by Colonel Kibler and Colonel Jack Bissell. It is recorded in a blue memorandum ‘ee dated December 31, 1943. F The blue memorandum and a photostat of the G-2 file are = ||naintotned by Miss Gandy but have never been in the Files Section. en Zt ts not believed that anyone in the Bureau has knowledge wet of this except Surton, Ur. Ladd, E. A. Tamm, me, and the stenographer whose initials are FIL and whose identity we are now trying to establish. It ts therefore believed thoroughly safe for Mr. Tracy r Katkins the FBI never investigated the Roosevelt- There ts nothing from official sources on thie in - +o tel e 1ieS. Both Wr. laid and I do recall there have been newspaper articles linking Mrs. Roosevelt. In 1949, Frank Waldrop of the Times Herald told me they were on the trail of cert2zin recordin hat allegedly would show an tllicit relationship Urs. Roosevelt. At that time I made a thorough c ftles and there was nothing in the main files. The pink memorandum has never been circulated in the Bureau and is not known to anyone outside of Miss Lurg tn my office, Mr. Tolson, Miss Gandy, and you. Mr. Ladd was informed of my check this morning although he vaguely recalls when I was checking on thts a year ago. Marion Canty, who is Drew Pearson's secretary, left the Bureau tn October, 1944. However, she would have no knowledge of this as she had been in the Washington Field Office from 1937 to 1944 when she resigned. pes: g wed v/ar/+ 1 Shc wline-@ tTasd Qrsult AN FUL bic’ ean hn Te oes ea orn it